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Read outside .Java file and extract the method details into Java code

I need to read a java project files from outside of that project. So Java Reflection cannot be used. Is there any mechanism or specific API to read a .java files of a project and extract the method signature details into a java code. Maybe a text search API ?

Solution

  • You could still read it by providing the path to class file directory. And then you need to provide the exact package to the class file

    File file = new File("Absolute_path\\target\\classes\\");
    URL urlList[] = {file.toURL()};
    URLClassLoader loader = new URLClassLoader(urlList, Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader());
    Class c = (Class) Class.forName("com.java.dto.BaseDTO", true, loader);

    Thanks JTeam